THE BUDA COMPANY
History:(1922)
Established in 1881 at Buda, Illinois, as the Buda Foundry and Mfg. Co. Plant now located at Harvey, Ill. Manufactures steam and street railway supplies and parts, including track drills, jacks, gates, replaces, frogs, etc., combustion engines for commercial and farm uses and electric storage battery trucks for use in plants, warehouses and freight stations. The plant is modern, well equipped, has good shipping facilities and employs about 1,900 men.
Management:
Officers: L. M. Viles, Pres.; F. E. Place, Vice-Pres.; H. M. Sloan, Treas.; Wm. P. Hunt, Jr., Sec.
Directors: A. B. Dick, W. F. Blair, E. A. Russell, W. E. Stanley, F. E. Place, L. M. Viles, Ambrose Cramer, H. M. Sloan, Wm. P. Hunt, Jr., Chicago, 111.; S. S. Hathaway, Rye, N. Y.
Annual Meeting: Third Wednesday in January.
General Office: Harvey, Ill.
New York Office: 30 Church St.
Information Sources
- The Complete Guide to Stationary Gas Engines by Mark Meincke, 1996 page 102
- Moody's Manual of Investments: American and Foreign, 1922, page 1439